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Originally Posted by Shark Bait
This Lego Man probably broke Canadian air space regulations. I assume that all previous amateur balloon launches have been deployed without approval.
The Australian Defence Force and Civilian Meteorologists use weather balloons to gather MET data. Do these balloons fall under CASA's authority? What altitude is achieved by a standard weather balloon before it bursts?
Time to do some research!
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Apparently 24 k's or 80000 feet up on this occasion.
And yes, I would think weather balloons would be of interest to CASA. If it is in a flight path of a plane ........not a good thing.....
I think what they might have done is check flight paths, timings etc before they launch.
I would suggest remote areas ( even though that might make recovery of the project difficult) such as Alice Springs, Kalgoorlie, areas in SA, Qld and maybe ( if we could convince them ) Antarctica!
Just a few thoughts...
Bartman
PS. even though we have a kazillion flights a day, the airspace is quite devoid of aircraft ( unless you live in Europe or the US
). Similar to the ISS....lotsa debris out there yet they manage to evade destruction....
Bartman